Wasteland creator Brian Fargo has launched a Kickstarter campaign to crowd-fund a sequel.

Wasteland 2 will be a direct sequel to 1988's Wasteland. It will stay true to the original's style, presented as a third-person turn-based role-playing game.

Fargo, who was the executive producer for both Wasteland and the first Fallout will be joined by the original game's primary designers Alan Pavlish and Mike Stackpole. The development team will also be joined by Fallout 1 and 2 composer Mark Morgan and Fallout co-creator Jason Anderson to write the game's story.

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"This is probably the last chance for a Wasteland sequel," Fargo wrote in the Kickstarter campaign's description. "We have tried to pitch this game multiple times to game publishers, but they've baulked. They don't think there's any interest in a solid, old school type of game.

"This is our shot at proving them wrong. And more importantly this could help bring back an entire genre of RPGs. The power of the Indie scene continues and we see this as all part of a bigger trend of bringing control back to the developers."